Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023. Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The …
In Jhanjharpur, Bihar, the Samajik Shaikshanik Vikas Kendra (SSVK), a non-governmental organisation founded by Deepak Bharti, a follower of Jaiprakash Narayan, is reclaiming traditional tanks to be used for fishery development. In these 525 villages spreading over the districts of Madhubani, Saharsa, Darbhanga and Supour, fisheries has become the new …
Pollution is one of the biggest killers of inland fish. And traditional fisherfolk are worst affected,says K Gopakumardeputy director-general (fishery)Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)New Delhi. Data from the Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute (CICFRI)Barrackporeshows that fish catch in most riverine fisheries is declining. The Gangafor examplereceives mostly untreated …
Bihar's fisherfolk are facing a strange predicament. Their new threat is the Vikramshila Sanctuary - covering 50 kilometres of the river from Sultanganj to Kehalgaon. The Bihar government notified it as a sanctuary in 1991 to conserve the Gangetic Dolphins. Pollution, dams and overfishing have severely affected the population of …
in view of the economic hardship faced by the fishing community in Ropar district and the fresh inflow of water, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed an interim order lifting the ban on fishing in Sutlej river. Fishing activity along the 90-kilometre stretch of …
In the last six months, Japanese fisherfolk sold 52 Minke whales under the country's controversial scientific whaling programme. This sale was made possible by changing the previous law to suit the needs of the fisherfolk. The changed law now allows them to harvest any whale that gets trapped in their …
WHAT IS FORBIDDEN: Prawn culture within 1000 metres of Chilika. Non-traditional methods of fishing, including pen construction, selective stocking, external supplemental feeding with artificial feed and application of drugs and chemicals. Sub-lease for fishing in Chilika in identified ecosensitive belts, including areas that may be conserved for breeding and migration …
PEOPLE are the best managers of biodiversity. This statement succinctly summed up a conference organised recently at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) in Bhopal. It is also the tenor on which the Madhya Pradesh government's decision is premised, allowing villagers around the Tawa reservoir to retain their fishing …
Totladoh is quite an unusual place. For one, work (read fishing) in this Maharashtra village begins only after sunset. Then, the village does not exist legally. Another singularity is its being situated in the heart of the Pench Tiger Reserve, named after the river that passes through it. Just like …
contrary to the statistics published by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (fao), which indicate that the global fish catches are stable, fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia (ubc), Vancouver, Canada, have documented evidence that catches have been declining for over a decade. This new evidence means …
The five-month-old ban on hunting and trading in sharks and 52 species of molluscs has been relaxed partly (Down To Earth, Vol 10, No 15, December 31, 2001). Considering the livelihood problem of the fisherfolk, the Union ministry of environment and forests recently issued a revised notification saying that the …
On july 11, 2001, fisherfolk across the country were thrown in at the deep end when the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) announced a blanket ban on the catching, processing, stocking and sale of 60 types of sea creatures. These included the entire sub-class of elasmobranches (sharks, rays …
"sauns sabhi ko pyari hai, Ganga maiya ki sawari hai .' This is the constant chanting that follows every splash of water as fisherfolk in Patna nudge their boats along the banks of the Ganges. And the hymn simply denotes a truth: Gangetic dolphin is dear to all and it …
at a time when the International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) is set to hold its 53rd meeting in London from July 24-27, 2001, Japan has allowed its fisherfolk to sell meat of whales caught mistakenly in fishing nets from July 2001. Till now the scope of legal sale of …
The government of Pakistan will allow factory trawlers of China, Taiwan and Korea to do deep-sea fishing in the country's waters. "The permits to foreign trawlers require the mandatory installation of a monitoring system,' said Shafi Niaz, chairperson of the country's national fisheries development board. The decision has raised concerns …
the maximum fine for damaging Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been increased tenfold to us $571,000. Robert Hill, the country's environment minister, said that any vessel polluting or illegally fishing in the marine park would be liable to pay the fine. Penalties for other offences such as picking up corals …
the Union ministry of environment and forests has banned the killing of whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ), making them the first species of fish to be protected under the Wildlife Protection Act. Now, killing of whale sharks would be a punishable offence carrying a minimum imprisonment of one year. …
the Bihar government has adopted a two-fold strategy to protect the Gangetic dolphins ( Platanista gangetica ). The strategy includes educating fisherfolk and other people on the need to protect dolphins and directing the districts bordering the Ganga to strictly enforce the laws. The decision comes in the wake of …
showing its deep concern over the rampant killing of the Gangetic dolphins Platanista gangetica by fisherfolk, the Patna high court, comprising Chief justice Ravi S Dhavan and justice Shiv Kirti Singh, indicted the district magistrates and superintendents of police of nine districts of Bihar and environment and forests department of …
The Mahi river flowing into the Gulf of Khambhat is on the verge of extinction due to pollution and salinity. Fisherfolk and non-governmental organisations (ngos) of Vadodara, Gujarat, blame the construction of bunds on the Mahi by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation for the situation. "The bunds constructed to collect water …
